52 Weeks 100 Paintings Painting #31 Strawberry Jam

 

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

Painting #31 Strawberry Jam
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board 

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52 Weeks 100 Paintings #33 - Pencils

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

#33 - Pencils
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Board

It's that time of year again. Angela's annual facial tic is back and
there are piles of school supplies laying around the house. Must be time for school to start again.
More to come.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings - #32 Cupcake ll

Painting #32
Cupcake II
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board
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Strawberry Cupcake by Treat.
Like em on Facebook here, or better yet,
pay them a visit and enjoy the real thing.

August Haze, Salmon Creek

Painting #30
August Haze, Salmon Creek
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board
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The Salmon Creek Trail is about two miles from my house, and it's one of my favorite places to paint. On a clear day, you can see Mt Hood, just to the right of the big tree, between the tree line in the distance and the horizon. (It's an hour and a half east) On hot, hazy August days like the day this was painted, not so much. But, hot August days also mean that when painting there, I'm surrounded by literally hundreds of thousands of blackberry bushes. And this time I brought the green Tupperware bowl along with my other paint supplies. Paint for an hour, pick for 25 minutes. Paint for half an hour, pick for half an hour. Paint for an hour, pick for 45 minutes. At the end of the painting session, my fingers are stained purple, but not from paint. My forearms and lower legs are criss-crossed with scratches, but I won't really feel them until the shower that night. When I get home, I have 4.5 pounds of blackberries and this painting. Life is good.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings #29 Fisher Price American Gothic

 

Painting #29  

Fisher Price American Gothic    

7" x 5"   

Oil on Canvas Board 

I had forgotten about my first crush until I found Angela's bucket of Little People in a storage box of stuff from her childhood. I looked down, and there she was. The blond ponytail, the body that was the perfect shade of blue, the laughing eyes, the enigmatic smile, everything I remembered from kindergarten....and then there was HIM, with the green body and the squiggly hair and pointed nose. And then there was the dog. And the girl with the pigtails. And the creepy kid with the freckles and the sideways cap. And more. And more. Funny how you forget about things until you see them again, and then it all comes flooding back. Well, it turns out we've got a ton of Little People, and they're sure to make additional appearances in this painting series. If there are any in particular that you'd like to see in a painting, drop me a line. We might be able to work something out.

52 Weeks 100 Paintings - Carrots

52 Weeks 100 Paintings

Painting #28 - Carrots
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Board
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No anecdote to speak of, just that you should eat more of them and a reminder that this beautiful produce comes from Kruger's Farm. Again, if you're in the Vancouver/Portland area, go. It's on Sauvie Island, and a wonderful, magical time will be had by all.

Bumper Cars, Seaside, Oregon

 

Painting #27
Bumper Cars, Seaside, Oregon
7" x 5"
Oil on Canvas Board
8.6.12

The pilgrimage to the Bumpercars/Tilt-a-Whirl/10 Tiny Tees (miniature golf) place in Seaside, Oregon is an annual tradition that we all look forward to during Angela's (and my) family reunion. Not all traditions stay the same, however, and change is inevitable. The woman who ran the Tilt-a-Whirl when Angela was young now runs the bumper cars.

Seaside Flowers

 

Painting #26
Seaside Flowers
5" x 7"
Oil on Canvas Board
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8.2.12

Walking along the prom in Seaside, Oregon last weekend, we passed a house with bouquets of local flowers for sale. Sweet Peas have always been Angela's favorite, and for $2.50, she couldn't resist. For an extra 50 cents, they threw in the Mason jar vase.